Category Archives: Canada
Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney seeks seat in Calgary byelection
CALGARY - More than a year after resigning his seat in Parliament, Jason Kenney is hoping to take up a new one next week in the Alberta legislature. The leader and architect of the United Conservative...
Dec 10, 2017
TDSB reassures parents who were worried about the future of gifted ed programs
TORONTO - A Toronto District School Board task force has walked back a proposal to restructure gifted and special education programs, which stoked major concerns among parents and advocates last week....
Dec 10, 2017
Companies must focus on managing cyber-attacks, not eliminating them
TORONTO - Companies trying to stay ahead of the increasing threat of cyberattacks need to be cognizant of one simple fact: there is no perfect antidote or turnkey solution against criminals bent on br...
Dec 10, 2017
'Tis the season for doorstep stealing? Shoppers vent about delivery security
Todd Bailey is fed up with delivery companies that drop his online purchases at his door. A few years ago, the Grande Prairie, Alta., resident was at the hospital for the birth of his child when a big...
Dec 10, 2017
Happiest place on Earth: Alberta daycare captures fairy-tale imagination
MORINVILLE, Alta. - Once upon a time, in a town north of Edmonton, there was a man who dreamed of building something magical. After a year of construction, using $3 million from his own pocket, Robert...
Dec 10, 2017
National blood shortage prompts call for dog donors at clinics in Alberta
EDMONTON - Parker is not yet five years old and has been giving blood regularly for nearly three of them. “He just gave his 12th donation,” said Hans Granholm of Edmonton. What makes Parke...
Dec 10, 2017
Provinces, feds to square off over tax proceeds of legalized marijuana
OTTAWA - A cross-country squabble over how best to divvy up the proceeds of Canada’s coming legal-weed windfall is about to intensify as finance ministers gather for high-stakes talks in Ottawa....
Dec 10, 2017
Teachers wanted: B.C. at 'crisis' point in effort to fill jobs, jobs, jobs
VANCOUVER - Teachers have their pick of jobs in British Columbia, but the head of their union warns that some students are going without their specially trained educators who are covering substitute p...
Dec 10, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpo...
Dec 10, 2017
Dozens hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure at Delta, B.C., farm
DELTA, B.C. - Dozens of people were taken to hospital on Saturday after they were exposed to carbon monoxide at a farm in Delta, B.C. BC Emergency Health Services tweeted that 13 ambulances responded ...
Dec 09, 2017
